Live B2B on Voyager from Boston part 2 -11/6-11/13 San Juan Island Hop

[HappyTexan44]

How do they know how many luggage tags to give you?  

[Ocean Boy]

11 minutes ago, HappyTexan44 said:

How do they know how many luggage tags to give you?  

They guess by the number of people staying in the cabin. Just ask for more if you need them 

[sailing the ocean blue]

13 hours ago, Td6462 said:

I took a look this evening and I didn't see any $.25 slots. Only .01, .02 & .05 slot machines. 

thanks for getting back on this I guess if casino slots change it may be done when ship goes into dry dock whenever that might be.

[jtonra]

On 11/12/2022 at 10:02 AM, sailing the ocean blue said:

thanks for getting back on this I guess if casino slots change it may be done when ship goes into dry dock whenever that might be.

I think most, if not all, of the machines have configurable denominations.  I was on the ship a couple weeks ago and most of them don't specify a specific amount.  When you put money in, you can decide what denomination you want to use.

[Td6462]

On 11/12/2022 at 8:54 AM, HappyTexan44 said:

How do they know how many luggage tags to give you?  

They left us 4. We had to ask for 2 more!

[Td6462]

Sorry for the extended delay everyone. 

Day 7 was St. Kitts & Nevis. We did another catamaran snorkel beach tour.

At this point I think I've had my fill of "booze cruises with a little snorkeling" It wasn't quite what I thought I was signing up for. Live and learn as they say.

[Td6462]

We wrapped up our evening with finishing our packing and giving out our "thank$" to all of our favorite staff that took care of us for the two weeks. Off to bed with a 9am departure time.

[Td6462]

Disembarking was definitely challenging. Maybe the smaller ship creates the 45 minute line to get off but I had never experienced that before on the larger ships.

We grabbed a porter for our 6 large suit cases and he helped us to the curb where we waited about 20 minutes for the UberX I had called.

Nowing now a taxi was readily available I will probably do that next time we port in San Juan.

It was a quick 11 minute ride to our Airbnb near Isle Verde. Our check-in wasn't until 3pm.

We were so lucky the people hadn't shown up the day before so we were able to check-in as soo as we got there at 10AM. 

The property was a nicely decorated modern esk penthouse with two floors,two bathrooms  and two bedrooms.... pool and views to match.

[Td6462]

I had scheduled an UberX for our 4:45 am pick up and transfer to the airport and surprisingly it showed up at 4:15. (The driver smelled like he had just left a smokey "herb" party) but he was early and got us to the airport safely. All 4.2 miles of it. 

Easy security and had plenty of time before our flight. 

We flew Spirit direct with "big comfy" seats. My legs don't fit in the standard seating on Spirit. My knees are crushed against the seat back in front of me.

Safely back to Boston 3 hours and 45 minutes later we boarded a 90 minute bus ride to our home town.

[Td6462]

I had mentioned in @Momof3gurlz live last week were weren't really impressed with our JS. This being our first time in this category I had expected our room to be in better shape. I had mentioned the issues to our deck supervisor on day two of the first week and no progress had been made by day 4 of week two.

On one of my trips to the R bar the hotel manager happened to come by and I politely explained the issues and showed him a couple photos of my concerns. I acknowledged they were cosmetic and the ship was older but it seemed odd to me that the issues existed especially in a suite albeit a JS.

He asked permission to enter our room the following day and view for himself. I of course agreed and thanked him for his time and attention to my concerns (some are attached. Not shown is every single cabinet in the suite and bath had extremely loose hinges making it difficulttoclose the doors correctly). 

The following day everything was rectified complete with a new shower assembly. 

I hope the next guest will enjoy the improvements. 

Evening of day 6 the deck supervisor and House keeping manager knocked on our door with sincere apologies and a nice gesture of FCC to insure we remain "loyal to royal".

The gesture was nice and I'm thankful for it. 

They are clearly still under staffed in every department and trying really hard not to let it effect the guests as much as possible. 

[Td6462]

@Momof3gurlz all three of us also came home with souvenirs other then our obligatory refrigerator stickers and t shirts. Positive Tuesday mid morning with rapid symptom on set Monday mid afternoon. 

That's now all three cruises this year.

[Momof3gurlz]

1 hour ago, Td6462 said:

I had mentioned in @Momof3gurlz live last week were weren't really impressed with our JS. This being our first time in this category I had expected our room to be in better shape. I had mentioned the issues to our deck supervisor on day two of the first week and no progress had been made by day 4 of week two.

On one of my trips to the R bar the hotel manager happened to come by and I politely explained the issues and showed him a couple photos of my concerns. I acknowledged they were cosmetic and the ship was older but it seemed odd to me that the issues existed especially in a suite albeit a JS.

He asked permission to enter our room the following day and view for himself. I of course agreed and thanked him for his time and attention to my concerns (some are attached. Not shown is every single cabinet in the suite and bath had extremely loose hinges making it difficulttoclose the doors correctly). 

The following day everything was rectified complete with a new shower assembly. 

I hope the next guest will enjoy the improvements. 

Evening of day 6 the deck supervisor and House keeping manager knocked on our door with sincere apologies and a nice gesture of FCC to insure we remain "loyal to royal".

The gesture was nice and I'm thankful for it. 

They are clearly still under staffed in every department and trying really hard not to let it effect the guests as much as possible. 

Wow, we had nothing like that in our JS.  I wouldn’t have been happy about the condition of this cabin either.  I’m glad they made it right for you, although more so for future guests since it took so long.  
 

[Momof3gurlz]

1 hour ago, Td6462 said:

@Momof3gurlz all three of us also came home with souvenirs other then our obligatory refrigerator stickers and t shirts. Positive Tuesday mid morning with rapid symptom on set Monday mid afternoon. 

That's now all three cruises this year.

Oh, no…….I was actually wondering about this when you didn’t post for a few days.  

I hope it wasn’t from me 🥴, but maybe not with the timing.  
I hope you all feel better quickly.  
 

[Td6462]

2 hours ago, Momof3gurlz said:

Oh, no…….I was actually wondering about this when you didn’t post for a few days.  

I hope it wasn’t from me 🥴, but maybe not with the timing.  
I hope you all feel better quickly.  
 

No, Adventure Ocean strikes again! That's the way the most likely timing works out any way.

[JamesEM]

Thanks for the postings and photos, I think the newer ships are for me.

[Momof3gurlz]

Thank you for doing this.  I’ve enjoyed your pictures and hearing about the differences in our experiences.  
Out of curiosity, did you enjoy week 1 more or week 2? Or were they the same?  I’d also like to know which was your favorite port stop and why?  
I really wish Royal had more cruises out of Boston, it’s so darn convenient.  We don’t have much interest in the New England cruises since some of those have port stops we can easily drive to in a few hours.  There’s always Bayonne I guess.